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From: d4g4h4 on 27 May 2007 17:26 Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > On Sun, 27 May 2007 21:02:24 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: [] > >> I can't get my head around people who think that having your own > >> currency is a good thing for no very good reason except some sort of > >> fear. > > > >You should remember that not everyone who has the euro now thinks it was > >a great thing- it definitely put up prices in much of Europe, and not > >everyone in Europe is travelling all the time. > > So what put up prices in UK? Not the euro- that would probably have meant a bigger increase. But everything is high here, including wages- which is one reason that so many Europeans seem to want to work and live here at the moment. As I said, I'd be perfectly happy if everything here had to be priced in pounds and euros. It would certainly make things easier for the number of Spaniards, and Germand and French speakers I bumped into in the shops today. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: William Black on 27 May 2007 17:31 "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message news:b9tj53pi67trkl3kmsherdmcq255hr1e6h(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 27 May 2007 21:02:24 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > >>William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> "Magda" <magda(a)eu> wrote in message >>> news:efej53hrpbafjqmqa7op2ekbbd6s8u12ut(a)4ax.com... >>> > On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:02:09 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "William >>> > Black" >>> > <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> arranged some electrons, so they looked >>> > like >>> > this: >>> >>> > ... My wife needs a Schengen visa to visit Schengen countries. >>> > >>> > The wife of a french man won't need it. >>> > >>> > ... She has a UK residential visa. >>> > >>> > Sign the Schengen agreements! >>> > >>> > (Like that's gonna happen in my lifetime...) >>> >>> I wish. >>> >>> And the Euro as well. >>> >>> I can't get my head around people who think that having your own >>> currency is >>> a good thing for no very good reason except some sort of fear. >> >>You should remember that not everyone who has the euro now thinks it was >>a great thing- it definitely put up prices in much of Europe, and not >>everyone in Europe is travelling all the time. > > So what put up prices in UK? Greed? Prices here are noticeably higher than in most of the rest of Europe. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: William Black on 27 May 2007 17:31 "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hysl5h.o7od3q29pg7sN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk... > William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> "Mister Bartlett" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message >> news:1hysmyf.1bcpe45vs6tk2N%me2(a)privacy.net... > [] >> > Yep - fear of being taxed in the UK to pay for financial mismanagement >> > in, say, Greece. >> >> I'm afraid you're going to have to explain how a common currency will >> cause >> that. >> >> And why, for example, the French and the Germans don't seem to share >> your >> views. > > You've got a good sense of humour, I'll say that. Endless patience with the hard of thinking mate. If they're bright enough to work a computer they should be bright enough for some sort of re-education... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: d4g4h4 on 27 May 2007 17:33 William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message > news:b9tj53pi67trkl3kmsherdmcq255hr1e6h(a)4ax.com... > > On Sun, 27 May 2007 21:02:24 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ > > chancellor (*)) wrote: [] > >>You should remember that not everyone who has the euro now thinks it was > >>a great thing- it definitely put up prices in much of Europe, and not > >>everyone in Europe is travelling all the time. > > > > So what put up prices in UK? > > Greed? > > Prices here are noticeably higher than in most of the rest of Europe. Indeed they are. Why are they higher in Norway than here? -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: d4g4h4 on 27 May 2007 17:42
Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > On Sun, 27 May 2007 22:26:35 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 27 May 2007 21:02:24 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ > >> chancellor (*)) wrote: > >> > >> >William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >[] > >> >> I can't get my head around people who think that having your own > >> >> currency is a good thing for no very good reason except some sort of > >> >> fear. > >> > > >> >You should remember that not everyone who has the euro now thinks it was > >> >a great thing- it definitely put up prices in much of Europe, and not > >> >everyone in Europe is travelling all the time. > >> > >> So what put up prices in UK? > > > >Not the euro- that would probably have meant a bigger increase. > > I doubt it. Prices in England have already gone up far more than they have in > the Netherlands, for instance. And the euro would have simply given a reason for more of an increase. > >But > >everything is high here, including wages- which is one reason that so > >many Europeans seem to want to work and live here at the moment. > > Having a high wage isn't such a good thing, if things like accommodation > eats up a large chunk of the salary. It doesn't tend to bother them, as they can keep accommodation costs fairly low- usually renting with several people in a house. I don't want to get into the housing market debate, but if people want to pay stupid prices for properties, then that's their problem. > Plenty of British people are more than happy to work in mainland Europe. As I'm sure you know, the traffic is much heavier in this direction at the moment. And they're not all from Poland. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007 |